Letter from Laura Riddell, in Mandalay, Upper Burma [Myanmar], to her daughter Laura [in Leipzig, Germany]

Reference No:
U DRI/112
Dates:
6 Nov 1888
Description:
Emily Lamb; gymnasium; lack of correspondence from George; Mr Brackenbury; Revd Loftus Lottenham; unlikelihood of Laura going to Italy; music; Mrs Irvine; friends and acquaintances; posture; piano; uncertainty over their future in Mandalay; Laura’s possible return to England; German; dress; music teachers; spelling mistakes; inability to afford new clothes; visit by Commander in Chief of Madras; inability to hold dinner parties; her husband’s intention to retire in Spring 1890; Mrs Irvine; confidentiality of letters; Auntie; handkerchiefs
Format:
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Extent:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family